Collserola Tower
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Cable-stayed tower
|
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| Function / usage: |
Communications tower
|
| Other name(s): | Torre de Collserola |
| Completed in: | 1992 |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe |
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| Part of: |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| height | 288 m | |
| diameter at base | 4.5 m | |
| height to platform (1) | 84 m | |
| observation deck | height to observation deck | 135 m |
Quantities
| structural steel | 3 000 t |
Materials
| cables |
aramid
|
|---|---|
| shaft |
reinforced concrete
|
| platform |
steel
|
Participants
Structural engineering
Main contractor
Cables
Lifting
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- Architects + Engineers = Structures, Academy Editions, New York (USA), ISBN 0471498254; pp. 83-84
- VSL heavy Lifting simplifies construction of Barcelona Tower, in "VSL News", 1991, n. 2 v. 2
- L'art de l'ingénieur, Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), ISBN 2858509115, 1997; pp. 73
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000347 |
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| Created: | 22/08/1999 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |